The Path to Soul Purification - Tolstoy's Resurrection

The Resurrection creates a plump and complex image of Duke Nekhlyudov, typical of a "repentant" nobleman. The author uses his "dialectic of the mind", that is, through the process of thinking and exploring the solution of social problems, the person fully demonstrates the dialectical development of the character's thinking and thinking, to portray the character.

Shady government institutions and decadent high society have created absurd courts, dark prisons, and miserable countryside. The humanity of high society, in this environment, degenerates and drowsiness.

As a duke, Nekhlyudov's life of extravagance and absurdity was perfectly normal. The emptiness of the spirit rendered him inactive. Perhaps in the depths of his heart there was a seed of a deeply hidden pursuit of justice.

When he was young, he held the view that "justice does not allow land to be privately owned" and distributed a piece of land he had inherited from his elders to the peasants. Now that he has inherited a large amount of land, he can neither give up his property nor deny the views of his youth.

As a young man, after toying with and abandoning Katyusha, he developed guilt for his actions. In order to make himself happy, he forced himself not to think about her and try to forget.

On the surface he succeeded, but deep down he couldn't do it, even after he knew that Katyusha had been debauched and willing to fall. It was precisely because of this that he would recognize Katyusha on the jury bench and sit on a needle and feel like a needle in a haystack, and a complex and painful struggle began in his heart.

Although Nekhlyudov still had a mental health factor, the "spiritual man" and the "beast man" often clashed in his heart, and he also carried out "purification of the soul" several times. After recognizing Maslova in court, he took the initiative to go to prison to beg for her forgiveness and was willing to marry her as a way to atone for his sins, but did he really awaken?

No! In court, he was horrified, not because he condemned his shameful behavior, but because he was worried about his own disgrace, "At present, all he is thinking about is that this matter cannot be known to the family, and she or her defender should not take this matter and put it out." ”

But he took another big step, because he plucked up the courage to visit Katyusha in prison. This utopian spiritual explorer has finally taken concrete action...

When he saw Katyusha, whom he had not seen for many years, he had not yet confessed his cruelty and despicableness in his heart, but had condescendingly examined the unfortunate woman who had been ravaged by him. It was only when Maslova's spirit was fully awakened that his soul was genuinely touched.

"Only now did he understand all his sins... I found myself guilty... Felt how much he had hurt her. ...... Before, Nekhlyudov had always been solitary and proud of his repentance, but now he felt that all this was simply terrible. ”

It was only then that Nekhlyudov began to awaken, turning his back on high society, denying the nobility (including himself), distributing land, and running for the commoners.

The protagonists in the novel are typical in real life. Their personalities are both complex and complete, and the development and change of their ideological personalities are logical. It shook people's hearts with its profound descriptions and became immortal masterpieces.